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eke
1[ eek ]
verb (used with object)
- to increase; enlarge; lengthen.
verb phrase
- to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.
- to supplement; add to; stretch:
to eke out an income with odd jobs.
eke
2[ eek ]
adverb
- also.
eke
1/ ¾±Ë°ì /
verb
- archaic.tr to increase, enlarge, or lengthen
eke
2/ ¾±Ë°ì /
sentence connector
- archaic.also; moreover
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Origin of eke1
Origin of eke2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of eke1
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Example Sentences
Both candidates now are trying to "bring their enemies to the battlefield" to eke out an advantage, he added.
By the end of Lynch’s run Magellan was a behemoth struggling to eke out “a razor thin margin of victory,†as investment commentator William Bernstein put it.
Then, Ukraine just about managed to eke out its existing stocks of ammunition with the help of Europe.
"It is stodgy, it is kick tennis, it is quite negative and it is fine to eke out one-point victories, but when those games go against you - which they will at times - you are going to get huge negative feedback."
In 2021, at the end of another hectic afternoon, Ireland needed Sexton's nerveless late penalty to eke out a 27-24 victory.
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